What did your chickens do today?

[bruceha2000]

The girls will stay out until 7:45, even 8 on a sunny day and tend to go into the barn earlier in gray weather. It was gray yesterday and I was doing some stuff near the front of the barn just after 7. One of the Cubalayas came out the barn door about 35' away and stood there squawking at me. I went down and she preceded me to the coop squawking the whole time. All the girls were in the coop, most came out as we approached.
I think she was saying "

We are all waiting in the coop, where is our bedtime snack??!!

" because the noise stopped when I put out the usual pre-roost time scratch.

Bruce

 

[ChickenLover200]

The girls will stay out until 7:45, even 8 on a sunny day and tend to go into the barn earlier in gray weather. It was gray yesterday and I was doing some stuff near the front of the barn just after 7. One of the Cubalayas came out the barn door about 35' away and stood there squawking at me. I went down and she preceded me to the coop squawking the whole time. All the girls were in the coop, most came out as we approached.
I think she was saying "

We are all waiting in the coop, where is our bedtime snack??!!

" because the noise stopped when I put out the usual pre-roost time scratch.

Bruce

haha

 

[annewandering]

My chicks are 4 weeks old and in a brooder. This morning I woke up and heard them making weird noises. Looked into the brooder and saw two of the three laying on the floor having what looked like seizures. The other was standing over one and pecking at it like she was puzzled what was going on. They were all squawking up a storm.
It turns out they were dust bathing in the wood chips.

 

[GKestrel]

For my chicken's first food-scrap treat, I had a couple of extra slices of apple, so I diced them up into small cubes. I put them in a bowl with a little scratch. I offer the 4 chickens the bowl, Goldie grabs a piece of apple and the other three chickens ignore me and the bowl to chase Goldie around the pen and the coop for the next 5 minutes. A whole bowl of apple bits and scratch = less interesting than some small speck that the alpha chicken has. I love it.

 

[ChickenLover200]

My chicks are 4 weeks old and in a brooder. This morning I woke up and heard them making weird noises. Looked into the brooder and saw two of the three laying on the floor having what looked like seizures. The other was standing over one and pecking at it like she was puzzled what was going on. They were all squawking up a storm.
It turns out they were dust bathing in the wood chips.

that would scare me haha

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Well, Sunny made an escape from the run for the third time this week. i need to clip her flight feathers. Good thing I haven't started my garden yet! She did help me out with my dandelions though!

 

[Fluffychicky]

Today my 1 week old babies had a spider crawl into their brooder, and my little roo gobbled it up quick as he could with all the legs squirming outside his beak!

I'm glad I now have chickens to eat all the Nopes that I find.

 

[KM and Ruthie]

Today our two 2 week old chicks both jumped out of their box they were in! One of our hens is half crowing again...... not sure why

 

[ChickenLover200]

Today our two 2 week old chicks both jumped out of their box they were in! One of our hens is half crowing again...... not sure why

sure your hen isn't a roo? haha

 

[chick lovers]

Today my chickens followed me around, dug some holes, and layed more hidden eggs. Two hens keep laying in hidden places I have yet to find. lol I think theyre prostestingme taking their eggs. I just hope I dont end up with a dozen babies in my frontyard one day.